{"id":139005,"date":"2024-12-20T04:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139005"},"modified":"2024-12-20T04:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:47:03","slug":"frances-landmark-mass-rape-trial-is-over-but-the-pelicot-case-demonstrates-that-systemic-violence-against-women-runs-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139005","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s landmark mass rape trial is over. But the Pelicot case demonstrates that systemic violence against women runs deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vfj6o6004826qibyp00v2m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2024\/12\/europe\/gisele-pelicot-france-case-messages\/\">landmark trial<\/a> that has upended French society and prompted some deep soul searching about sexual violence and consent: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/pelicot-rape-trial-verdict-sentences-12-19-24-intl\/index.html\">Pelicot mass rape case<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y00053b6mjozl72s8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Many have called it a socio-cultural earthquake, a reckoning on France\u2019s systemic problem with women. At the epicenter of the trial are 51 men, all who lived within a 30-mile radius of one another. There was Dominique Pelicot at the helm, who drugged and invited those strangers to assault and rape his then-wife, Gis\u00e8le for over a decade.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y00063b6mti5befsu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was in this tiny geographic perimeter where an entire world of violence and misogyny existed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y00073b6mtyg463dc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Thursday, hundreds of people packed an emotionally charged Avignon courtroom, with many spilling out across the courthouse to hear the fate of the accused, whose actions had not only changed the lives of Gis\u00e8le and her family but also the nation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vl6hl900053b6mihjc4m8t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Forty-nine of the men were convicted of rape. Two were convicted of sexual assault. Four of the men were also convicted for possessing child sex abuse imagery.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y00083b6mn9fqun4f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The men were \u201cMonsieur-Tout-Le-Monde,\u201d or \u201cMr. Everyman,\u201d as they\u2019ve come to be called \u2013 not career criminals. The men, aged 26 to 74, worked in jobs including nursing, the military, journalism and in the prison system.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vl6pc200073b6mp5xpfujc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence against them, hundreds of damning videos showing the rapes and thousands of text messages laying b\ufeffare their plans, only a dozen of the men admitted guilt, with many saying they believed the consent of Dominique \u2013 not Gis\u00e8le \u2013 was enough to carry out their crimes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y00093b6m9cukcmms@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The horror of the crimes, coupled with the idea that they were carried out by \u201cMr. Everyman,\u201d has pushed forward a national conversation on the normalization of sexual assault.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4vkqk49001c3b6m836g6pn5@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2024-11-25T171338Z_1651074447_RC2CY9A9YKGY_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-JUSTICE-SENTENCING.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-11-25t171338z-1651074447-rc2cy9a9ykgy-rtrmadp-3-france-justice-sentencing.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"This courtroom sketch from September 11, 2024 shows Dominique Pelicot, who drugged and raped his then-wife for a decade.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000a3b6mf7ch5v6s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dominique Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the maximum for his crime. The other men received jail terms of between three and 15 years. Some, meanwhile, have walked free after completing suspended sentences.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000b3b6m0u9lf9fb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Many say the sentences aren\u2019t harsh enough, that they do not take into consideration the horrors of the crime. And despite the prison sentences, without any concrete changes, the women of Mazan \u2013 the southern French village where the crimes occurred \u2013 say they could still happen again tomorrow.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000c3b6mmyx2bqyi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhat has really changed? The mentality hasn\u2019t changed and neither have the laws, it stays the same and that\u2019s why we don\u2019t feel safe,\u201d said Nedeljka Macan, a resident of Mazan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000d3b6ma4dc0hda@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Gis\u00e8le hoped that by waiving her anonymity \u2013 and therefore opening the trial to the public \u2013 she would help to change rape culture, however painful it was to watch the harrowing evidence of her abuse.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000e3b6m7eaan52a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt was a choice to make it public. And she\u2019s done that in service of other women,\u201d Sarah McGrath of Women for Women France told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000f3b6mrufnxiqv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It was that service, courage and defiance that transformed her into a feminist hero, one who is determined to make \u201cshame change sides.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000g3b6mlbqdmjno@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cQuite often internationally, France can have a sort of reputation of being really progressive when it comes to women\u2019s rights,\u201d McGrath said. \u201cAnd that is the case we\u2019ve just had, you know, the right to an abortion put into the constitution, which is a great move forward. However, when it comes to sexist and sexual violence, we really do lag behind our other European neighbors.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000h3b6mvn3fkua0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Data show that survivors of sexual violence don\u2019t tend to come forward in France. Only 10% of victims of rape even report the crime to the justice system. And of those reports, only 1 to 4% end up with a conviction, McGrath said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000i3b6mcfysapul@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Gis\u00e8le Pelicot has now inspired these very victims to come forward and push for change. The last three months have spurred people across France towards introspection and to consider what is consent. The trial has forced them to discuss rape culture, and how to change it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000j3b6m2tedjsab@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Although the trial will mark French history, campaigners and lawyers have stressed that it doesn\u2019t mark the end of an ugly chapter in time; but rather the beginning of a new era where consent is taught in schools and put into the penal code.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000k3b6momqpn710@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Women\u2019s\u2019 rights activists are riding the wave of Gis\u00e8le\u2019s call to action \u2013 and optimism.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000l3b6m00gygsoh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As she left the courthouse on Thursday, she said that the trial showed to her that a \u201cfuture where women and men can live in harmony and mutual respect\u201d is in fact achievable.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgx0y000m3b6mmbga3azu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It is up to France to seize this moment and make it a reality.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4vkgbm000003b6mxpi6j7f3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Kara Fox contributed to this report. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/19\/europe\/pelicot-trial-consent-analysis-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 It\u2019s the landmark trial that has upended French society and prompted some deep soul searching about sexual violence and consent: the Pelicot mass rape case. 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